搞笑类阅读理解

A

A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well, but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly（肚子） or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people‟s rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy

to work in that way.

Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And the question, "How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有经验的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will

never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail --that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.

1. A friend of the writer‟s drew the horses ____.

A. very well

B. in the way of western rule

C. in the way of his own rule

D. all of the above

2. The writer was surprised because ____.

A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse

B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse

C. the artist made his own rule

D. the artist did not follow other people‟s rule

3. You are not yet experienced because ____.

A. you don‟t know where to begin

B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail

C. you always asked question

D. you do not trust to your own powers

4. When you become more experienced you will ____.

A. never ask question

B. often begin at the tail

C. should write the end of the story

D. should think of the beginning

5. The topic of the passage is ______.

A. How to draw a horse

B. How to write a story

C. How to make your own rules

D. Trust to your own powers

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B

Nasreddin was cutting a branch off a tree in his garden. While he was sawing, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said," Excuse me, but if you continue to saw that branch like that, you will fall down with it." He said this because Nasreddin was sitting on the branch and cutting it

at a place between himself and the trunk of the tree.

Nasreddin said nothing. He thought," This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do."

The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes. The branch fell and Nasreddin fell with it.

"My God!" he cried." That man knows the future!" and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone.

( )1.One day Nasreddin was cutting a branch_______a tree in his garden.

A. on B. in C. at D. off

( )2.While Nasreddin was sawing, another man_______.

A. told him to stop working

B. told him he would fall down

C. would borrow something from him

D. would help him saw that branch

( ) 3. After the man went away, Nasreddin thought that________.

A. that was a silly fellow

B. that was a wise person

C. that was a proud person

D. that fellow cheated him

( ) 4.What happened to Nasreddin after a few minutes?

A. The branch fell .

B. Nasreddin fell down to the ground.

C. Nasreddin was hurt himself.

D. Both A and B.

( ) 5.This story is about ________.

A. a foolish man

B. a wise man

C. cutting a tree

D. the necessity of taking good advice

答案：1、D2、B3、A4、B5、D

C

Nasreddin woke up in the middle of the night and saw something white in his garden. It seemed to be moving towards the house. That is a thief(小偷)! He thought, and he took his gun and shot(开枪) at him. Then he went back to bed, because he was too frightened害怕) to go out of the house in the dark.

The next morning Nasreddin went out and saw one of his white shirts hanging on the clothes-line in the garden, his wife had washed it the day before and hung it out to dry. Now it had a bullet- hole right through middle of it.

My God, said Nasreddin, I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed me! He called his neighbours together and asked them to thank God for saving him.

( )1.At midnight Nasreddin saw _____ in his garden.

A. something strange B. a thief C. something white D. a ghost

( )2.Nasreddin was so frightened that he ______.

A. cried out for help B. dared not go out of the house

C. dared not stay in his house D. couldn't say a word

( )3. The next morning Nasreddin found________ .

A. his wife in the garden B. the clothes-line

C. the thief dead D. a bullet-hole through the white shirt

( )4.Nasreddin said that if he had been wearing that shirt_______.

A. he would be saved B. he would have killed the thief

C. he would have gone out of the house D. he would have been killed

( )5.He called his neighbors together in order to_______.

A. make a speech B. tell the story C. thank God D. thank them

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D

Nasreddin put two big baskets of grapes on his donkey and went to market. At midday it was very hot, so he stopped in the shade of a big tree. There were several other men there, and all of them had donkeys of grapes too. After their lunch they went to sleep. After some time, Nasreddin began to take grapes out of the other men's baskets and to put them in his.

Suddenly one of the men woke up and saw him. What are you doing? He said angrily.

Oh, said Nasreddin, don't worry about me. I am half mad, and I do a lot of strange things.

Oh, really? said the other man. Then why don't you sometimes take grapes out of your baskets and put them in somebody else's baskets?

You did not understand me, said Nasreddin.I said that I was half mad, not quite mad.

Multiple choice

( )1.Nasreddin went to market_______.

A. to sell his donkey B. to buy something

C. to sell his grapes D. to find a job

( ) 2. Nasreddin stopped______.

A. under a big tree B. near a big tree

C. around a big tree D. in a big tree

( )3.As Nasreddin was taking away the other men's grapes one

of the men_______.

A. pretended not to see him B. saw him and got angry

C. woke his fellows up D. came at him

( )4.Nasreddin said that he did a lot of strange things because_______.

A. he was clever B. he was quite mad

C. he was foolish D. he was half mad

( )5.In this story Nasreddin was ______.

A. a selfish man B. a strange man C. a friendly man D. a foolish man

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E

Jack went to a barber's shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he

was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed

and said, "What has happened to your hair, Jack?"

Jack said, "I tried a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't quite satisfied

with my old one, but this one seems even worse."

Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tell you what

to do when you go into a barber's shop next time: look at all the barber's hair,

find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him."

"Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would be foolish!"

"Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think

it. He couldn't cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So

you know he can't be the worst barber."

1. When Jack went out of the barber's shop, he was not happy because ____.

A. nobody had cut his hair

B. the barber hadn't cut his hair well

C. the barber had cut his hair carefully

D. he was not satisfied with his old barber

2. "I tried a new barber's shop today." means ____.

A. this barber's shop was a new one

B. this was the only barber's shop in this town

C. Jack often went to this barber's shop

D. Jack had not been to this barber's shop before

3. After Jack had his hair cut, he thought ____.

A. the new barber's shop was the best one

B. the old barber's shop wasn't so good as the new one

C. the new barber's shop was worse than the old one

D. the old barber's shop was the worst one

4. Bob told Jack to find out which barber's hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why?

A. Because he was certainly the best barber.

B. Because he was free all the time.

C. Because he was the worst barber.

D. Because he wasn't the worst barber.

5. From the story we know that ____.

A. it's foolish to have one's hair cut at a barber's shop

B. barbers cut each other's hair

C. barbers never have their hair cut

D. a barber always cuts his hair by himself

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F

A lot of boys and girls in America are wearing the same clothes and many of

them have long hair. So it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys

or girls.

One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and he was tired,

he sat down on a bench(长凳). A young person was standing on the other side

of the pond(水池).

"Excuse me," the old man said to the person next to him on the bench, "Do

you see the person with the red trousers and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?"

"A girl," said his neighbour, "She is my daughter."

"Oh," the old said quickly, "I am sorry, but I didn't know that you were her

mother."

"I'm not," said the other person. "I'm her father."

1. It isn't often easy to tell whether many of American children are boys or girl ____.

A. because they all look like each other

B. because they are wearing the same kinds of caps and shoes.

C. because they have long hair and wear the same clothes.

2. One day an old man went for a walk in ____.

A. the street in Washington

B. the Washington Park in America

C. in a park in Washington

3. There were ____ persons beside the pond, they are ____.

A. three ... a man, a woman and a girl

B. three ... two men and a girl

C. two ... a man and a girl

4. The young person standing on the other side of the ____ was ____.

A. bench ... the other's boy

B. pond ... the old man's daughter

C. pond ... the daughter of the old man's neighbour

5. The young person wore ____.

A. a pair of red trousers

B. on a pair of red trousers

C. with a pair of red trousers

6. The old man thought his neighbour was the girl's ____.

A. mother

B. father

C. brother

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Mr Robinson worked in Africa. His son was born there. His name was John. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England, and they took John there. John was seven years old then.

One day it snowed. The boy went into the garden, and he played in the snow. He said, "Snow is very beautiful, but it is very cold. "Then he said, "What is this? It is a big, round piece of glass. It is beautiful, but it is very cold, too. "But it was not glass. It was ice. It was on a bucket(桶) of water. John said, "Who put this glass here? I am going to take it into the house. "He took the ice to his father and said, "This is a beautiful piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket of water in the garden. "Mr Robinson smiled and said, "Take it to the kitchen, put it in front of the stove(炉子) there, and dry it. "The boy took the ice to the kitchen and put it in front of the stove. He dried his hands, because they were very cold and wet, and then he went to the ice again. He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said, "I put this glass in front of the stove, but it does not get drier. It becomes wetter and smaller."

1. John didn't know what the ice was, because ____.

A. he was very foolish

B. he was young

C. he was born in Africa

D. he didn't go to school

2. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England with ____.

A. their son

B. a boy of their friends

C. their daughter

D. one of their friend's son

3. One day John found ____ on a bucket of water.

A. a piece of glass

B. a pece of ice

C. some snow

D. some water

4. What did Mr Robinson ask John to do?

A. He asked John to take the ice out.

B. He asked John to put the ice in front of the stove.

C. He asked John not to play with ice.

D. He asked John to dry his hands at once.

5. After John put the ice in front of the stove, he found that it became ____.

A. dry

B. wetter

C. bigger

D. colder

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H

Paul got on the bus to go to the town. It was very crowded, and he had to stand for about five minutes. Then some of the passengers got off. Paul sat down next to a fat lady. She had several shopping bags, and Paul didn't have much room on the seat. At last the bus got to the town. All the passengers started to get off. Paul was very polite, so he stood up to let the fat lady get off before him. She said, "Thank you." Then she tried to get out of the seat with all her bags. But she couldn't move. She was stuck!

Paul had to push the lady. The conductor pulled her. Finally they got her free but she wasn't pleased. "I'll write to the bus company," she said. "I'll tell them not to make buses with such small seats."

1. Why couldn't the lady get out of the seat?

A. Because the seat on the bus were too small.

B. Because the lady was too fat and had a lot of bags.

C. Because the bus was very crowded.

D. Because Paul was in his seat next to hers.

2. When did Paul get a seat on the bus?

A. As soon as he got on the bus.

B. After five minutes.

C. Just before he wanted to get off.

D. Just before the bus got to the town.

3. How do you know that Paul was very polite?

A. He didn't take the seat and was always standing.

B. He pushed the lady out of her seat.

C. He stood up to let the lady get off before him.

D. He helped the lady carry her bags.

4. ... and Paul didn't have much room on the seat. The word "room" here means ____.

A. part of a house

B. space

C. part of a seat

D. something for sitting on

5. She was stuck! In the story it means she ____.

A. wasn't able to move or to get out

B. was sitting there, she couldn't stand up

C. pushed her bags

D. moved very slowly

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I

A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by,

"Let me clean your shoes." The young man said, "No, thank you." "You may pay me only a pound, sir." said the boy. But the young man refused again. Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man put the other shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless he was paid two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and went away. But the dirty one looked so bad that he couldn't walk away. He had to turn back and gave the boy two pounds. In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.

1. The boy was a shoes ____.

A. cleaner

B. maker

C. repairer

D. seller

2. At first the young man refused to clean his shoes, because ____.

A. he couldn't pay

B. he had not enough money

C. he didn't think it necessary

D. he had just cleaned his shoes

3. Then the young man agreed to clean his shoes, because the boy asked for ____.

A. two pounds B. one pound C. nothing D. few money

4. The boy refused to clean the second shoe, because ____.

A. it was very dirty

B. the young man paid only one pound

C. it was difficult to clean

D. he asked to be paid two pounds

5. The boy said he would clean the young man's shoes for nothing just in order to ____.

A. show his kindness

B. help the young man

C. get more money from him

D. let everyone see

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J

Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard.

The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in

a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got

to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man couldn't come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters,

"Take some fish to my horse." The waiter and the people were very surprised.

The waiter said, "A horse doesn't eat fish." The old man told the waiter, "This

horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things.

It can eat fish, too," So the waiter brought the horse some fish.

All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except

the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came

back and said. "Your horse didn't eat any fish." The old man said, "All right,

take the fish back and put it on the table. I'll eat it."

1. The old man felt very cold because ____.

A. it was a cloudy and windy day

B. it snowed

C. he had travelled in the heavy rain

D. he was hungry

2. The people in the restaurant all ran out because ____.

A. they wanted to see the old man

B. they wanted to see the horse eating fish

C. they had been told there came the horse

D. there was no fire over the stove

3. Indeed, the horse can neither ____ nor ____ nor ____.

A. walk ... speak ... eat

B. sing ... dance ... sleep

C. sing ... dance ... eat fish

D. speak ... walk ... sit

4. All the people in the restaurant rushed out ____ but ____.

A. to see the horse sing ... the old man

B. to watch the horse play games ... the waiter

C. to look for the horse ... the old man

D. to see the horse eat fish ... the old man

5. Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because ____.

A. his horse liked eating fish

B. he was cold

C. he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn't able to do so at first

D. he himself also liked to eat fish

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K

One day a man and his daughter were going out for a walk. The man had put on a pair of odd shoes, one with a thick sole and one with a thin sole. As he came out to the street, he felt very uncomfortable. Turning to his daughter, he said: "Why should one of my legs be longer than the other day?"

The daughter looked at her father's legs and said, "You have put on two odd

shoes!"

When he heard this, the man was very happy and thought to himself: "What a

bright daughter I've got!" Then he asked his daughter to go back to the house

and got him another pair of shoes.

When the daughter went back to the house, all she could find was one shoes

with thick sole and one with thin sole.

Taking the shoes to show her father, she said, "It's no use changing! These

shoes are also odd, one with a thick sole and one with a thin sole."

The man listened and thought to himself: "It can't be helped. I might as well

wear the ones I have on now."

So they went for their walk.

1. The man thought that his daughter was ____.

A. beautiful

B. clever

C. lazy

D. clean

2. It was the ____ that found the reason for it.

A. father

B. daughter

C. neighbour

D. passer-by

3. The daughter came back, bringing ____ with her.

A. a pair of shoes

B. a pair of odd shoes

C. a pair of thick-soled shoes

D. nothing

4. What do you think that the man should have done?

A. He should return to his home and got the shoes himself.

B. He should have the thick sole cut off.

C. He should have changed one of his shoes.

D. He should have no shoes on.

5. What do you think of the man and his daughter?

A. They both were not clever.

B. The father was cleverer than the daughter.

C. The daughter was cleverer than the father.

D. Either of them was foolish enough.

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Smith was a landlord. He loved money very much and never gave anything to anybody. Soon he became rich.

One day the weather was fine. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the sun was very warm. The landlord was walking along a river with his friends, when all of a sudden, he slipped and fell into it. He cried, "Help! Help!" One of his friends held out his hand and said, "Give me your hand and I will pull you out." The landlord's head went under the water and then came up again, but

he did not give his hand to his friends. Then another of his friends tried but the same thing happened.

Just then a farmer came over and saw all this. He knew the landlord very well.

He said to the others, "Let me try." He held out his hand and said to the landlord,"

Take my hand and I will pull you out." Hearing this, the landlord took the farmer's

hand, and in a minute the farmer pulled the landlord out of the water.

All the others got very surprised at this and asked the farmer, "Why did he give his hand to you but not to us?" The farmer said, "You don't know your friend very well, When you say 'give' to him, he does nothing, but when you say 'take', he takes."

1. Smith was a ____.

A. doctor

B. farmer

C. landlord

D. waiter

2. Smith became very rich, because he ____ gave anything to anybody.

A. always

B. never

C. often

D. sometimes

3. One day Smith was walking along a ____ with his friends.

A. river

B. park

C. street

D. lake

4. The rich man held ____ his hand when he heard "Take my hand."

A. in

B. into

C. down

D. out

5. Who knew the rich man very well?

A. his friends

B. his wife

C. the farmer

D. his children

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M

One day a man went home to his wife and said, "I have bought something for you."

"Oh, thank you" said his wife. "What have you bought?" "I've bought a gold ring. Here it is." He held it out for his wife to see. Then he dropped it. "Oh dear" he said. "I have dropped it."

He began to look for it on the floor but it was dark inside the house and he could not see anything. He went outside the house and began to look for the ring in the street. Just then a friend came along.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"I have lost a ring." said the man. "Where did you lose it?"

"I lost it inside my house."

"You lost your ring inside your house but you are looking for it outside in

the street. That seems very foolish."

"Ah," said the man, "but it is dark inside my house. I shall never find it

there. But here in the street there is more light and I can see more clearly.

1. One day a man went to the street to buy a gold ____.

A. watch

B. clock

C. ring

D. ear-ring

2. He dropped the ring ____ the house.

A. inside

B. outside

C. in front of

D. beside

3. At first he looked for the ring in the ____.

A. street

B. shop

C. road

D. house

4. Next he looked for the ring in the ____.

A. room

B. garden

C. house

D. street

5. Don‟t you think that the man was ____? Yes, I do.

A. clever

B. foolish

C. bright

D. wise

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Mrs. Brown had a small garden behind her house, and in spring she planted some vegetables in it. She looked after them very carefully, and when summer came, they looked very nice.

One evening Mrs. Brown looked at her vegetables and said, "Tomorrow I am going to pick them, and then we can eat them." But early the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted, "Mother, Mother! Come quickly! Our neighbour's(邻居的) ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables!" Mrs. Brown ran out, but it was too late! All the vegetables were finished! Mrs. Brown cried, and her neighbour was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables.

Then a few days before Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs. Brown a parcel(包裹). In it was a beautiful, fat duck, and on it was a piece of paper with the words.

"Enjoy your vegetables!"

根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误（T 、F ）

( ) 1. In spring, Mrs. Brown grew a number of vegetables in the garden. They grew very well.

( ) 2. Mrs. Brown couldn't pick any vegetables because her neighbour's ducks ate up the vegetables.

( ) 3. Her neighbour was very glad for that.

( ) 4. The neighbour bought Mrs. Brown a parcel before Christmas.

( ) 5. There was a piece of paper with the words: "Enjoy your vegetables!"

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The mother wanted and buy some bread, so she said to Arha‟s wife. “Will you child for a little time? I must go and buy some bread.” Arha‟s wife said to Arha, “I am working. You must look after him.”

After some time the mother came back, and said to Arha‟s wife, “Thank you after the child. And where is he now?” “He‟s playing in the garden.”

They looked in the garden. But they could not the child. Then they called Arha, “Arha! Arha! Where is the child?”

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Dick was a clever and hard-working student, but his parents were poor, so he had to work after class and during his holidays to get enough money for his studies.

One summer he got a job in a butcher‟s shop(肉店) during the daytime, and another in a hospital at night. In the shop, he learned to cut and sell meat. He did so well that the butcher often left him to do all the things while the butcher went into a room behind the shop to do the accounts(做帐). In the hospital, of course, Kick was told to do only the easiest jobs. He helped to lift people and carry them from one part of the hospital to another. Both in the butcher‟s shop and in the hospital, Kick had to wear white clothes.

One evening in the hospital, Dick had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the operating room. The woman already felt frightened(害怕) when she thought about the operation. When she saw Kick coming to get her, she felt even more frightened.

“No! No!” she cried, “Not my butcher! I won‟t let my butcher operate on me!” With these words, she fainted away(晕倒).

( )1. Dick had to work after class and during his holidays because ______.

A. he liked to be a butcher B. he wanted to be a doctor

C. his family was poor D. he wanted to be rich

( )2. Dick did so well in the butcher‟s shop, so the butcher ______.

A. let him do the accounts B. let him cut and sell meat alone

C. let him get a job in a hospital D. let him wear a butcher‟s clothes

( )3. Dick wore white clothes ______.

A. only at home B. all the time

C. both in the butcher‟s and in the hospital D. only in the hospital

( )4. In the hospital, the woman thought Dick would ______.

A. operate on her B. sell meat to her

C. cut her into pieces D. sell her like meat

( )5. Which is the right order of the following statements(陈述)?

a. Dick got a job in the butcher‟s shop.

b. The woman would not let Dick operate on her.

c. Dick got a job in the hospital.

d. The woman bought some meat from Dick.

e. The woman fainted away.

A. a;e;d;c;b B. e;d;b;c;a C. a;c;d;b;e D. a;c;d;e;b